Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bill Napier

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The result was Keep. ELIMINATORJR ^TALK 18:44, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bill Napier

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Bill Napier does not appear to meet the standards of WP:PROF. He is not nearly as accomplished an academic as his more notable contemporaries in terms of publications, awards, or notoriety for contributions. Nondistinguished 14:27, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep his academic work may be less well known, but some of his novels are quite well known. Splintered Icon, particularly, seems to have been quite popular. JulesH 14:39, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. —David Eppstein 15:05, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. His popular fiction appears sufficiently notable for inclusion, eg Splintered Icon was reviewed in several sources. Espresso Addict 15:36, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep as above. Five published novels from notable publishers and academic works seem to be fairly solid notability. Tony Fox (arf!) review? 19:55, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
• Weak keep If he's notable, it would be for the fiction or the popular books. What is needed to support the article are reviews. Five important science fiction books is notable. Five that nobody bothered to review would not be. DGG (talk) 23:25, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

The popular science books are very unlikely to be notable--apparently self-published, judging by the name of the publisher given.

The article omitted the name of the publisher of the novels: Splintered Icon was published by St. Martins, an well-known general publisher; others by "Headline Feature" -- apparently a recognized UK fiction publisher. DGG (talk) 23:39, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Headline is Hodder Headline [1], one of the bigger fiction publishers in the UK. They seem to publish three of his novels: [2] Espresso Addict 15:38, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

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